Grass rug.



O. WATE.

GRASS RUG'. APPLICATION FLED NOV. 19, 1915i a'ented Mar. 28, 1916.

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OSSIAN T. WTE, OF OSHKOSH, ISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO-WAITE GRASS CARPET. COMPANY, OF OSHKGSH, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

excess RUG.

., Specincationof Letters Patent.

'. vrApplication filed November 19, 1915. Serial N o. 62,394.

Rugs, of which 'the folloii'iup; is a specitication.

This invention pertains .to a grass rug so woven as t introduce an oi'iniinental design or pattern into the fabric of the rug without materially increasingl thc expense of wearing, and lin such a inannei'asto materially increase the strength and durability of the' rug, and greatly iiiiprove its appearance. l'leretofore, grass rugs, ot the kind now being woven t'roni lgrass twine i'oi'niedl of inaish wire grass. haveeither been undecora'ted or decorated only with stencil patterns. Rugs ot' this character have enjoyed great popularitiY in trade, but by reason of their sonic what rustic appearance, have been usedv principallyv for porch coverings and the like, although well suited for other purposes. i

The rug of the present invention is designed to aii'ord a :inore-elegnuit and durable appearance than has heretofore been secured, and thus better adapt the rug' tor interior use, and this without ay sacrifice of those characteristics whichdistinguishgrass rugs from those woven 'from other materials.

In the drawings: Figure l is a plan View of the grass rug, showing a border design woven in accordance with the present invention; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the dotted square designated 2 in Fig. l.

As is customary in the weaving of grass rugs, the ringr of the present invention. is composed of woot' strands 3 ot' grass twine of the-kind universally employed at the present l'-tiine in the weaving of grass rugs. These strands ot grass twine are relatii'ely thick or bulky, and are composed ot' the'socalled wire grass or sedere, whichi grows wild in certain districts ot' the Northern States and elseii'herc. This thiclnl grass twine serves to give bulk or body tothe rug', and is usualliy of a dull greenish color, which att'ords the base tone in the. completed ruff. The color is a neutral onef-lii'hich well adapts the rug for use on porc-,lies -`and elsewhere, and heretofore this base tone has sometimes oeen slightly varied by employing cotton warp threads of varying shades, such asred, blue, etc., but without any effort to introduce a border fabric. .i

Intlie present invention, the warp threads 4 ofthe body of the rug of cotton yarn or the like are woven in and out through the grass woot strands in the usual manner;

that is, in widely spaced relationto one another, which Vwearing exhibits the grass woot through the wa rp,lwhich latter, if distinctly colored, serves only to slightly vary the tone of the rug without introducing any distinctive appearancein the rug'.

'In the present invention,l the design is 'formed by laying the warp threads 5 of cotton yarn or the like in close relation to one another so as to entirely or substantially conceal the grass woef, with the re-` siilt that a stipeor design of distinctive color and appearance will be introduced without materially altering the character;- of the weaying operation, since the warp' threads in the pattern, like the remaining warp threads; will sniplybe passed over and under the woef strands, but in such relation as tol dominate the color Scheme.

Where a border is einployedaround all sides ofthe rug, it is desirable to'introdiice a plurality of distinctively colored Woof strands (i into the fabric. which, of course,Y

run counter to the pattern warp strands and serve to carry the pattern acrossl the rug. The rug may be completed by run- Patented Mai'. 28, 1916.

orotherl design into the completed ning a sel'vage 7 composed ,of a plurality of closely spaced warp strands liarinonizing with the pattern or design. and, if desired,

the ends of the warp threads may be woven into a fringe 8 at each end of the rug.

The pattern Shown in F ig'. 1 consists of four'` parallel stripes running around the border of the rug, the side stripes being formed by the contiguous strands of the wai-p, and the end stripes by the Ause of distinctive Woof strands` which are preferably formed of bundles oi' the. warp yarn. each bundle of a size to correspond with the bulky ,grass twine, and the pattern may obviously be woven in red, blue, yellow, or other distinctive color, or in combinations of the saine. Although the simplest form of weaving, as shown, requires that the pattern runat right angles to the Weaving, it is obvious that 'diagonal or similar patterns may be introduced by the employment of familiar methods of weaving, although, in the making of grass rugs, simple striped patterns of thekind shown are ordinarily t e most satisfactory. proving the appearance I of the rug, the method of weaving' above described introdixlces elements of strength and durability into the completed rug, in that it reduces t l e grass surface exposed to Wear and tends 'to break up this surface into smaller batches or areaswith a corresponding increase in every Way are im- I claim :A

A patterned rug comprising a Woof composed of relatively thick strands of grass ,twine and a warp composed ofyarn,the Warp threads composing the body of the rugl being arranged in spaced relation to exhibit the grass Woof, and the warp threads composingr the pattern being;-

and exhibit stripes running connterto the Woof, and Woof strands ot' distinctive color composed of material other than grass and arranged to complete the warp pattern and runningV counter thereto, substantially as described. f F ossrN T. WAITE.

.Witnesses GEO. J. MEYER, IREED O. DAVIS. 

